With that result Smith, who last lost at UFC Fight Night 125, makes it three wins in a row. While, Oezdemir, who lost to Daniel Cormier in February, has now lost two straight fights.

Meanwhile, Michael Johnson, despite failing to make weight, was on his game in the cage against Artem Lobov in the co-main event.

Using his advantage in the speed and reach departments, Johnson picked apart Lobov from a distance, putting him off-balance, but failed to knock him out. However, in the end after three frames, the result was a clear-cut unanimous decision for Johnson, who won with scores of 29-28, 29-28, 30-27.

Also in the main card there were decision wins for Andre Soukhamthath against Jonathan Martinez, Court McGee against Alex Garcia and Gian Villante took a split against Ed Herman. While, hometown's Misha Cirkunov defeated Patrick Cummins via submission.

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